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The whole concept of highly selective schools is distasteful. I can't imagine myself in the position of choosing between prospective students for one. The selec
by postfuturist 17y ago
The whole concept of highly selective schools is distasteful. I can't imagine myself in the position of choosing between prospective students for one. The selection process is highly arbitrary just like hiring. I wouldn't accept the responsibility of turning away prospective students who actually want to come to a school to learn.
- sharms 17y agoI think, as I have been guilty of, people underestimate just how hard it is to hire someone. It always sounded easy, but after hiring a few people, it is very hit or miss no matter what you do. To imagine you can predict what a developing student mind is capable of is simply hubris.
- jacobolus 17y agoHow would you reorganize education? How would you distribute professors among students? Match students to the same courses? Decide which courses each student could take? The current system has gigantic problems. But fixing it is not trivial, because such a big network is incredibly complex.